Pin cushion kit



Oct. 3, 1967 F. E. KELLY vPIN CUSHION KIT- Filed sept. 15, 1965 MyW@United States Patent O 3,344,967 PIN CUSHION KIT Florence E. Kelly, J.W. Brusha, 821 Obispo Ave., Long Beach, Calif. 90804 Filed Sept. 15,1965, Ser. No. 487,472 1 Claim. (Cl. 223-109) The present inventionrelates to a pin cushion kit and container adapted to hold Ithecomponents used in the kit, and it consists in the novel features andthe combination of structural elements as hereinafter described andclaimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a pin cushion kit having amultiplicity of articles therein which assist in the -completion of agiven object so that there is produced by the assembly of the componentsa finished and completed pin cushion.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pin cushion kitassembly including a container for the components of the kit so thatthere may be produced by assembly of the components a new and improvedpin cushion kit not heretofore known in the prior art.

Other and further objects of the invention are to provide new andimproved pin cushion kits and containers therefor which are of a simpleconstruction, inexpensive to manufacture, compact and of pleasingappearance, convenient to use and eliicient in operation.

The following is a detailed description of the invention taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawing in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view, shown broken away in part, of a pincushion kit and container used in accordance with the preferredembodiment of the invention;

FIGURE 2 is an exploded view showing the manner in which the severalcomponents of the pin cushion kit are adapted to be placed together intoa single unitary and useful pin cushion kit in accordance with thepreferred embodiment of the invention;

FIGURE 3 is a side elevational view of the pin cushion kit; and

FIGURE 4 shows a crosssectional view taken along lines 4 4 of FIGURE 3.

Referring now -to the drawings, there is shown a pin cushion kitdisposed or mounted within a kit container 12, the container 12 beingdisposed for displaying the several component parts of the kit 10 in anillustrative manner as shown. The kit 10 is assembled from a base ormounting device comprised partially of a hemispherical Styrofoam (TM)ball, which is a manufactured material of foamed plastic that may bereadily treated and abraded to modify its surfaces, in which a bracelet16 fits peripherally about the hemispherical foamed ball 14. Thebracelet member 16 is of conventional construction, and is flat orcylindrical in shape on its inner surface, and has a rounded or beveledperipheral surface.

The engaging surface of the foamed ball may be sanded along its sidesslightly until the bracelet member is fitted snugly, but not tootightly, over the foamed ball. In given conditions, the bottom orexcessive portion of the foamed iball extending below the engagingbracelet member may be trimmed olf so that the bottom 18 of the foamedball 14 is generally iiush with the lower edge of the bracelet 16.

Then the ball may be removed from the bracelet member, and there is thenplaced over the ball a velvet layer of material, or other layer ofmaterial resembling velvet, so that the material overlies thehemispherical surface of said ball. The layer of material 20 is securedonto the foamed ball by replacing the bracelet member 16 over the balland layer combination until the bracelet is eased `ice downwardly forkeeping the velvet layer 20 in place, smooth and free of pleating, asshown in FIGURES 3 and 4. The excessive portions such as ends 22 andintermediate portions thereof, also shown as 22, may be convenientlytrimmed oli" until the ends of the velvet material 20 do not extendbeyond the bottom 18 of the foamed ball.

After the bracelet member is in place upon Ithe material overlying thefoamed ball, there is placed over the top of the cushion a bangle 26which is retained in place by a wire which is threaded through and aboutthe bangle as it extends up from the bottom side of the cushion formedby -the material 20 on the foamed ball 14. Wires 28, 28 retain thebangle in place. The wire is pulled gently and rmly so that the bangleis adjacently positioned next to the upper edge of the bracelet 16. Theends of the wire, as illustrated in FIGURE 4, may be pulled from thebottom and ytwisted to secure the bangle in place. The ends of thetwisted wire may be held in place by cellophane tape (not shown) or theends may be twisted off so that they terminate as at 32.

With the bottom wires neatly trimmed and secured for holding the bangle26 in place, the bottom is then covered with a cushion of circular pieceof cardboard 34, and the cardboard may be trimmed along its edges to litwithin the confine described and proscribed by the said cylindricalinner surface of the bracelet 16, and then the cardboard may be glued inplace, as shown in FIGURE 4. To this component of the pin cushion kit,there is a somewhat repeated operation of providing a circular piece offelt material 36 that overlies the bottom layer of cardboard 34, andthis in turn is similarly trimmed to t and then glued in place onto thecardboard layer 34. A second bangle 38 is then taken and glued from itsinner surface to the bottom rim of the pin cushion proximate the loweredge of the bracelet 16 and the cardboard and cushion layer materialelements 34, 36. Any excess glue is conveniently wiped olf so that thecushion is produced as a finished pin cushion kit.

In order to complete the pin cushion kit as an entire assembly, a seriesof pins 42, 44, with a round head 46, 48, is applied after having beensignificantly and thoroughly dipped in glue or other cohesive material,so that after a bead or spacer 52, 58, respectively, then the pin isinserted into the bottom of the foamed ball 14 and extending through thelayer elements 34, 36. The pins and their assembly A2, 44 includingbeads or spacers 52, 54, S6, 58, are positioned close to the bangle andin this way provide an evenly disposed arrangement for supporting thepin cushion upon its disposed base.

By means of construction of the kit in the manufacture of the pincushion according to the disclosure and method of the invention, theinvention is seen to reside in the completed article as illustrated inthe drawing.

Additional embodiments of the invention in this speciication will occurto others and therefore it is intended that the scope of the inventionbe limited only by the appended claim and not by the embodimentdescribed hereinabove. Accordingly, reference should be made to thefollowing claim in determining the full scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:

A pin cushion kit comprising a bracelet member, a generallyhemispherical foamed ball disposed to support said bracelet member fromits lower periphery, a velvet layer of material overlying thehemispherical surface of said ball and retained in place by saidbracelet member, a pair of bangles, one of said bangles having wiringmeans for maintaining the bangle in position adjacent to and above saidbracelet member, the other bangle having glue means for securing thebangle in position adjacent to and beneath said bracelet member, acardboard of circular configuration, `and a felt layer underlying thecardboard layer, the cardboard and felt layers being secured in positionand within the yarea provided by said Second bangle of said pair, and amultipod comprising at least four pins and a bead on each pin, said pinshaving rounded heads on one of the ends thereof and the other endsextending through the beads land each protruding into the base of thefoamed ball, said pins extending through the cardboard and felt layers,said beads providing spacers for supporting the pin cushion, and glue onsaid pins for retaining the pins in place.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Nash 223-109 X Day 223-109 Skoog223-109 X Hawkes 223-107 Scudero 223-107 X Crosser 223-109 Martin223-107 X Micale 223-109 JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner.

G. KRIZMANICH, Assistant Examiner.

